Audacity of Truth
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-Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) on Obama's COS, 3/7/10
Velvet Lair- Legends March 18, 2010
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- The adventures of the lady spider killer continue March 11, 2010
- Intermission February 19, 2010
- People who allow their dogs to poop in other people’s yards February 16, 2010
Is he guilty, or isn’t he?
Last month I blogged about the scandal surrounding former NC Senator, and twice failed candidate for president John Edwards and the alleged “love child” he supposedly fathered with a woman named Rielle Hunter. At the time there was no photo evidence one way or the other. Yesterday, the Enquirer released photos they say are of Edwards and the child. The pix are a little grainy, but it does look like it’s Edwards.Â
It’s hard to know what to make of all this, but the fact that Edwards is not answering questions two weeks before the Dem National Convention (putting his chances of speaking there in jeopardy) or making any statements about this story at this point is a strong indicator, in my view, that he’s guilty but perhaps is consulting with his handlers as to how to address this with a public who has been very sympathetic to the cancer battle his wife Elizabeth has been and is continuing to go through.
He’s a spinmaestro extraordinaire, but if this story is indeed true there will be no spinning out of the fact that it confirms what I’ve (and others have said) all along about Edwards: that he’s a big phoney creep.
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Edwards trotted out his dying wife to use as a campaign fundraising gimmick. That told me everything I needed to know about the man. Whether he has a love child or not with Miss Really-Really will not alter my opinion of him.
I know that Ann Coulter is not one of ST’s favorites, but today Ann had some snark that was priceless:
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Perfectly said. I think that Coulter too often goes over the top, but I give her credit for nailing this one.
I don’t know if this story is true, but then again the MSM has pushed a long string of “fake but accurate” charges against Republicans in recent years. So if accuracy is not important to the MSM, and if journalistic ethics never were a concern, then why don’t they run wild with this story? What’s the hold up?
With the sleazy reputation of the National Enquirer, and the fact that the breckgirl is a lawyer, you have to almost think that he is guilty as sin. I hate to say that because innocent till proven guilty is a bedrock of our society, but the fact that Edwards didn’t slap a lawsuit against the National Enquirer so fast it would make your head spin reeks to high heaven.
On the other hand, the reason that it hasn’t been in the MSM is simply that nobody really cares.
“…because innocent till proven guilty is a bedrock of our society”
He’s not being accusecd of a crime; he’s being accused of being the biggest douche-bag since Larry Craig.
Has there been a bigger load of macaca ever uttered. – Lorica
Is this more of Edwards’ “2″ Americas?? – Lorica
I think that one America not vacationing in Edwards’ house is on a weekend cruise in Al Gore’s new boat, Lorica.
This can vanish in a heartbeat. All he has to do is take that paternity test, and it all goes away. If it is not his child, that is.